Chinese actor Zhang Yiyang executed by firing squad after murdering underage girlfriend


Chinese actor Zhang Yiyang is the first celebrity to be handed the death penalty in mainland China. Photo: China Press

Chinese singer-actor Zhang Yiyang was executed by firing squad on Dec 18, 2024, after being convicted of the murder of his 16-year-old girlfriend. He was 33 at the time of his death. 

According to a recently released court document from the Intermediate People’s Court of Xianyang City in Shaanxi province, Zhang lured the victim – who was 15 when they started dating – into a forest in Xingping city on Feb 26, 2022.

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